Shoe dauber



L. W. BROCKS Oct. 17, 1933.

SHOE DAUBER Filed June 20, 1932 Snoentor Linzg Wroow' Qttorneg T collapsed, and from which the supply of paste Patented Oct. 17, 1933Y suola: DAUBER y Linzy W. Brooks, Portland, Ore'g.; assigner of one-third to Howard P. Arnest, Portland,

Appiication June zo, .1932, serial N. v"618,363 4 claims. A relais- 135i My present invention relates generally Vto daubers-used for applying pasteto shoes in the shining thereof, and is more particularly designed for the practical use of a paste supply in a collapsible tube, which maybe replaced when may be used as needed without exposingthe unused paste, and without-soiling the hands.

As ordinarily used from a box, the supply of paste is exposed to the drying influence of the air and, to offset rapid deterioration-is usually packed with a grease which prevents such rapid drying, but at the same timevimpairs the eiiciency of the paste. It is my primary object to provide a dauber receiving its supply of paste from a collapsible paste tube or fountain, where the supply is at all times protected, and wherein a pure, highly efficient paste may be employed Without greaseor other adulterations.

Obviously such a dauber'as proposedby my' invention must, for practical purposes, be made to employ only a tube formed expressly for such dauber, and must have some means for protecting the bristles and the paste remainingftherein after each operation, "from" drying and hardening. Hence it isV a "further object toprovide a dauber in connection with which the arrange-- ments are such as tocompel the useof a specially prepared'collapsible tube, anda further object is the provision of a protecting cap vwhich may be easilyfand quickly applied to cover the bristles during periods ofdisuse,l withoutsoiling the hands, and without bending or breaking the bristles. b

With theseand other objects in mind, as will plainly appear in the course of the following specification, my invention resides in the shoe dauber which I will now describe in detail in cony nection with the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this specification, and in which, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved shoe dauber with the protecting cap in place as in disuse.

Figure 2 is a partial central, vertical section showing the construction of the bristle tuft and the paste tube connections.

Figure 3 is a detail perspective view of the protecting cap, removed.

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 2, showing a modified form of my invention, and,

Figure 5 is a detail horizontal section taken therethrough, substantially on line 5-5 of Figure 4.

Referring now to these figures and especially to Figures .1 and 2` whichillustrate what I believe'to be the bestmode so far1devisedfo`rcarrying my invention into practise,` I have shown the #assembly as including a handle 10, aA bristle .tuftgenerallyi indicated at 11, and a` fountain or "paste tube 12.V A protecting cap 13,VA also forms a part of this assembly, -and'as hereinafter more vspeciiically referred to, may be used' in connectionA with the bristle tuft in any of several structuresfotherwise fmodied with 65 tles 15, for applying `paste from the tube 12, tor I the Work, whose confined ends are clamped aroundaftubular c'oremember 16, by la cylindrical conningoribody Yband`17.

The free ends of theibristles 15,.project substantially beyond the respective end of the band;

17,'and'the oppositeendof` this `band projects a short-distance beyond the confined endsl of the bristles-so as to forma cup-like" cavity for` the reception ofthe discharge `end of the paste tube. Thev core member 16,` hasrar rreduced threaded extension 18, upstanding into the tube.- receiving cavity of the'bri'stle tuft, and lthis extensiony forms an anchor for the pastetube since it is adapted toscrew `into the internally threaded vorifice-ofv the tube, as shownY in Figure 2, thus locking the dischargeendof the tube in the cavity and lfirmly supporting the tube in axial alinement Withlthe bristle tuft 1l. The core member-16,: being tubular, permits the paste, squeezed as needed from the collapsible paste tube, to pass to the free or applying 'ends of the bristles 15. i

The handle 10 may be generally fiat, as shown, possibly with a anged edge if stamped from sheet metal, and extends at right anglesto the tube and bristle tuft. It is shown with an opening at one end to receive the body band 1'7 of Vthe bristle tuft, and with a flange 19` surroundally similar to that of Figures 1 and 2, since 105 the conned ends of the bristles 15a are clamped around a tubular core member 20 by a conning orbody band 21. The upper ends of the core member 20 and band 21, however, terminate flush, or substantially ush, with the con- 110 modied structure the feed member 22 passes;Y

through the handle opening so that when it is threadedly engaged with the core member 20, its enlarged extension 23 clamps the handle be-. tween the same and thev adjacer'xtk end ,of the bristle tuft 11a.

The fountain or paste tube 12a inthe modied construction has an externally threaded` is diametricallyry discharge lnipple 24 which notched as at 25 in Figure 5, to extend through the central opening lof the disc`26 having inwardly projecting diametrical lugs 27 to inter- 'fitthe Y"notches 25. The disc 26 rotatably inter-V ts the lower portion. of the cup-like extension 23 of the feed member'22, and is confined there,- in by inwardly struck up ears 28 of the wall yof this extension atV opposite points.V Thus,

although snugly embracing the notched dis-V` charge nipple 24 .of the .paste tube, thev disc 26, being freely rotatable,.permits of readily screwing the nipple 24 into and out of engagement with the upper internal threads of the feed member 22. Y

Thus each form of my invention as described I and shown makes it necessary to employ a specially prepared fountain or paste tube, and each provides for ready removal of an empty, collapsed tube, for the substitution of a full tube The problem remains, however, to protect the ,bristles against drying and hardening of the paste left therein afterl each use thereof,` and this problem I have solved by the employment ofv a tapering, hollow cap 13 shown applied in Figure 1, and in detail in Figure 3. 'I'he smaller end of the cap 13, which is closed, snugly connes the bristles and the largeropen end thereof telescopes the confining or body band of the bristle tuft. Ordinarily-it is a difficult matter to properly feed the freely extending bristles into a protecting cap of this nature, but 'this diiliculty I have overcome by Vcutting awayv a,

portion of the upper redge of the cap as at 30 for slightly less than one-half its circumference. The terminal shoulders of the remainder of -said edge, at opposite sides of the said cut ttov ' direction of such rotation, will gather in the stray bristles and completely and easily encompass them, without danger of bending or breaking the bristles. It is to be understood that, when applied, .the cap. is held in this position by frictional lengagement with the body band of the bristle tuft which it telescopes.

Furthermore, although I have outlined thus fully but two possible structural exemplifications of my invention, it is to be understood that it may be embodied in other and further forms, and that I expressly reserve allsuch as fall within the terms of the following claims.

What I claim is: t v A 1 A protectingcap forv the bristles of shoe, daubers, said cap having a vclosed end and havingV its opposite end open and partially cutaway, forming opposite shoulders, said shoulders beingflared outwardly and forming bristle gathering` ears. i

2. A protecting cap for the bristles of paste daubers, said cap being open at one end and having a out away portion adjacent to said open end, and bristle gathering means at opposite sides of said cut away portion.

3. A fountain shoe dauber` including a bristle tuft having an internally threaded tubular core member, a tubular feed member threaded at one end into said core member and having internal threads and an enlarged extension at its oppo-A site end, a paste supply tube having one .end seated and housed within said extension and 115 having a threaded nipple engaging the internal threads of the feed membenfand a disc through which the nipple extends, rotatably held in said extensionsaid disc and said -'nipple having registering notches and projections for the purpose 120 set forth. Y Y

4.,Aprotecting.cap.for the bristles of paste daubers, said cap being of tubular forni Vhaving one end closed and its otherend open, the cap being cut away adjacent toits open end and 1125 having bristle gathering ears formedat opposite sides of said cut away portion.

LINZY W. BROOKS. 

